Jerry didn't see this coming

[scottsp]

Jerry Jones is the miracle that will absolutely own his mistakes, which is, in and of itself, admirable, only to follow up with the unwillingness to make necessary adjustments to correct those mistakes.

"We haven't been very good. I haven't been as good as I need to be. I must be better. But I will not change; we will not change our approach."

Basically the definition of insanity.

Getting past all that, because I realize I am beating a dead horse, nothing can be done about it... organizational planning with this franchise is an absolute joke. You know, too many bad contracts, mismanagement of the roster, inability or unwillingness to foresee problems along the line of scrimmage, injury contingencies.

I mean, it may seem like a small thing to some, but the drafting of a tight end in round two or the addition of a wide receiver onto the roster in March and April would seem less advantageous to this team than an extra defensive tackle. And that's not hindsight, mind you, because this was a definite talking point well before the team left for Oxnard.

Call me crazy, but I tend to hold out hope that someday this gets fixed (with Jerry). Yeah, maybe I am delusional. But there should be no way we/he/the club/Jerry didn't see at least some of this coming.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Jerry saw it coming. He just doesn't care. As long as they're just good enough to keep people talking about them and he's making loads of money he doesn't care if we lose like this.

Thats why it doesn't matter who people want to get as an HC, who they want to fire, all that stuff because until the owner and GM changes how he is then nothing is going to change with this team.

 

[Direwolf63]

You know when things miiiight change, other than Jerry's death)?

When/if a big time former (or current) Cowboy steps up and says it out loud. If Troy Aikman or Emmitt Smith or Michael Irvin or Randy White or Deion Sanders or Larry Allen or Moose Johnston step up and say out loud something like, "Jerry's the problem, Jerry needs to hire professionals" then maaaaaaaaaaaybe it might sink in.

But Aikman, Emmitt, Randy, Mike, Deion, Larry, Moose, I don't think those guys have the guts to say it out loud. The more of them that say it, the loud it is and the more likely we see change....OR Jerry doubles-down and makes things worse.

Drew Pearson is probably the most vocal critic, but hr was a player before Jerrys time, so he is pretty much ignored.
I think when the microphones aren't around some guys like may say something, l don't know. The other issue is that Garrett is freinds with most of these guys so they may be more hesitant to be critical of him.

But the bottom line is that Jerry shouldn't need his ex players to see what is obvious to many. His blind homerism completely clouds his judgement and he only sees what he wants to see.

 

[theSHOW]

Someone needs to organize a hostile take over.

lol unfortunately it is privately held.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I am pretty grounded in this team's commitment to mediocrity, but I honestly thought it would be closer than it was. I knew the defense was going to surrender points, but I did not think that they would so incredibly inept on offense.

 

[Direwolf63]

lol unfortunately it is privately held.

There has to be an in-family coup before its too late.

 

[CrownCowboy]

I think more people knew what was going to happen then most realized. I knew we would lose and that it wouldn't be close. I also knew the following going into the game:

This whole team would be unprepared,and yet again, they were, period. They are unprepared more times than not and it will never change with this coaching staff because they have no clue what they are doing and how to approach games with any semblance of a specified gameplan.

The offense has problems, but nowhere near the atrocities that this defense has. The defense is absolutely worthless. Injuries are a part of the game. As a professional football team, you weather it with schemes, competent backups and situational coaching that puts your team in favorable positions when the opportunity arises. This team hasn't done that because they don't have the first clue as to how to do all of that.

We are not a contender, but we knew that before this game. I hear some blaming the offense and that makes sense. But when they have to score over 30 points a game to even be competitive because your defense gets rolled for 600 yards and 40 points more times then not, your offense will most times fail.

I'm still waiting to hear from all of the defense apologists and their vaunted ".........but we create turnovers" crowd. I would imagine they are of the same ilk with the same mindset that Jerry Jones has. I do believe that he didn't see this coming and that pretty much sums the last 17 years.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

What happened to the secret sauce and the **********?

 

[theSHOW]

There has to be an in-family coup before its too late.

if jerry has a stroke and gets his A+ medical care we can have steven explain to him during the games that he watches from the whellchair in the suite window that he was the one who selected the players and when the Cowboys win #6 Lombardi. Let us pretend and hire JG to wipe his glasses while we rise to the top again.

 

[theSHOW]

did that make any sense. Sort of like our draft selections!

 

[Clove]

And this is probably my #1 issue with Jerry. He is an oil salesman. He likes to b.s. people. You do that long enough and you start to believe your own crap and those feeding it to you. Garrett isn't a good coach. But he goes to Jerry weekly, uses a strong voice, talks about a process, says the players are playing hard, etc and Jerry buys it. He then goes on 1310 weekly with Norm and spews that same b.s. to us. He even got Stephen to go from the smart Jones kid to another salesman spewing positive lines about a mediocre coach and team. So yeah Jerry believed it. Anyone seeing the Saints play most of the year and what our secondary has looked like at times, knew otherwise. Especially in N.O. Overall this is the big fear. 8-8, division winner, hosting a playoff game and Jerry thinks they got a chance and its a successful year vs the reality. This is what we have to live with and hope he wakes up. I never cheer for losses but losing to Minny last week plus this week are the things that give Jerry pause. Winning last week allows his b.s. to runneth over.

The problem was the Denver game. He thinks we can keep up with those types because we kept up with a sorry secondary like Denver's. What he, and a lot of fans don't understand is that a great game means nothing when it's surrounded by 4 mediocre games.

 

[CowboyGil]

I will keep watching because I still love the star more than I hate Jerry. BARELY.

 

[TheCoolFan]

I was just daydreaming at work for a minute about Jerry holding a press conference saying he was retiring. It was great All we can do is continue to wait it out and dream

 

[DABOYZ]

Our owner can not be that far removed from this team. This teams record against good teams over the last 5 years is terrible. The entire world knows this team will fail 9 times out of 10 when facing a team with a winning record. So the question is did Jerry not see this coming or is he just pretending to be shocked for the sake of keeping the stands full?

 

[Pokes12]

And this is probably my #1 issue with Jerry. He is an oil salesman. He likes to b.s. people. You do that long enough and you start to believe your own crap and those feeding it to you. Garrett isn't a good coach. But he goes to Jerry weekly, uses a strong voice, talks about a process, says the players are playing hard, etc and Jerry buys it. He then goes on 1310 weekly with Norm and spews that same b.s. to us. He even got Stephen to go from the smart Jones kid to another salesman spewing positive lines about a mediocre coach and team. So yeah Jerry believed it. Anyone seeing the Saints play most of the year and what our secondary has looked like at times, knew otherwise. Especially in N.O. Overall this is the big fear. 8-8, division winner, hosting a playoff game and Jerry thinks they got a chance and its a successful year vs the reality. This is what we have to live with and hope he wakes up. I never cheer for losses but losing to Minny last week plus this week are the things that give Jerry pause. Winning last week allows his b.s. to runneth over.

8-8 is not going to win the division. The Cowboys may not win another game the rest of the year. Philly wins the division, hands down. Giants second, Commanders third and our lowly boys last. Bank on it.

 

[MRV52]

Of course Jerry didn't see this coming. Did you all forget that he has that secret sauce.

 

[TNCowboy]

From his own mouth, hiring Parcells helped him get his stadium.

As a result, tens of thousands of suckers bought seat licenses, ensuring him a nice revenue stream for years.

And he doesn't know what you're talking about. "Didn't see" what coming? He checked his bank balance this morning and all that cash was all still there.

 

[Tabascocat]

Someone needs to draw up a map with a fountain of youth in remote Australia. Slip it under his door and hope he goes on a long walkabout.